Dear Friends -- at last, we are back on track with the Grimm Brothers Fairytale reboot project. Here's #4 (only 205 more to go): Hollywolves, the goat lady, and her (adopted) kids (Grimm Fairytale, #4 reboot) Once upon a time there was a woman who looked like a goat, because she was a goat, and … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, 12/28/13 appropriate for “kids” over 13
Category: Popular Culture
story time sunday — 12/15/13– night of the living…. walmart
Dear friends of the unreal -- My friend R and I were talking about zombies over the summer this past year. "What's with that whole obsession?" I asked him. He said something about places in the world that were already unlivable, and so the zombie thing connected with that. But I think it has more … Continue reading story time sunday — 12/15/13– night of the living…. walmart
Story time Sunday, Monday 09/02/13 Taraxacum — part 2
Dear friends -- our story continues... I'm on the alert for muggers since my days in NYC. So, I karate chop the guy with the torch. He falls with a curse and the clatter of metal. I grab the torch, and run over to the the guy with the dandelions on his hat. He has … Continue reading Story time Sunday, Monday 09/02/13 Taraxacum — part 2
Frantic Friday bonus story, August 23rd 2013 — the robot that learned fear (grimm brothers riff [with thanks to Gina Warren]))
Once there was a robot that had two robot children. The elder child was a tiny, lithe robot made of white Apple circuit boards and it worked hard all the time harvesting the data and making the upgrades on the all the systems that ran their world. But the younger robot was stupid and lazy … Continue reading Frantic Friday bonus story, August 23rd 2013 — the robot that learned fear (grimm brothers riff [with thanks to Gina Warren]))
Manic Mitwoch with Mitzi Notnagel, Simone Baumbaumziegfieldstravinskyshalom (neé) Stein und me
Dear friends of the unreal -- I have been playing around with Pessoa's concept of the heteronym for a couple of years. This summer, director/writer Grier Jewell offered to record my heteronyms in action. The result is an amusing meditation on Rousseau, Murray Bookchin, and Chuang Tzu on the nature/culture binary. It was also the … Continue reading Manic Mitwoch with Mitzi Notnagel, Simone Baumbaumziegfieldstravinskyshalom (neé) Stein und me
story time sunday, 08/04/13 — an Aesop reboot
Once upon there was a woman who ran slow. She also swam slow, jumped slow (which meant she couldn’t really jump), and swung a bat or a racket or a golf club slow. There was nothing wrong with her physically. She had two legs and two arms and two knees and two feet and two … Continue reading story time sunday, 08/04/13 — an Aesop reboot
Midweek appreciation: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and the aesthetic, July 31st, 2013
Dear Friends --Here in the US, we take aesthetic self-expression for granted. But the fact is, operating outside the mainstreams is dangerous. Those of us who create privately can generally practice what we do and simply be ignored. But performers face a special challenge, because they operate in public.Just ask Extreme Elvis.Sometimes, what is very … Continue reading Midweek appreciation: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and the aesthetic, July 31st, 2013
story time sunday, miniscule version, July 28th, 2013
once upon a time there was a boy who wanted to be a writer. his ideas were so special that it scared everyone including his mother so he tucked his specialness way inside and waited and waited. and all that time he did not write. the story waited too. finally when the boy was a … Continue reading story time sunday, miniscule version, July 28th, 2013
Sunday Special Edition: The Problem with Pleasantville, July 21st 2013
I really want to like the film Pleasantville. I have seen it several times, and it’s an incredibly arresting movie visually. The transition from black and white to color is gorgeous to look at – reminiscent, as many have observed – of that moment in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy opens the door and … Continue reading Sunday Special Edition: The Problem with Pleasantville, July 21st 2013
Story Time Sunday: a Grimm Brothers Reboot July 14th 2013 (for grown ups only)
People, all I can say is: Do NOT fuck with the Virgin Mary I’m nice, I’m the mother of the J-man, who is God after all. But I just have to tell you – do NOT PISS ME OFF. I know when you are lying. I know when you are sleeping etc. Sort of like … Continue reading Story Time Sunday: a Grimm Brothers Reboot July 14th 2013 (for grown ups only)
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 